The Americas Test

(pick 2) major members of Anglo America

• Canada

• Mexico

• Cuba

• Haiti

• The USA

Which of these facts about the early US South is NOT true

• Its climate was hotter and wetter Europe

• It had few factories

• It had a higher population than the North

• It had slavery

The Middle of the USA gets lots of...

• Earthquakes

• Tornados

• Hurricanes

• Volcanoes

The major river in the USA is called the

• Nile River

• Mississippi River

• Colorado River

• Amazon River

• Rio Grande

The largest mountain range in the USA is

• The Rocky Mountains

• The Appalachian Mountains

• The Andes Mountains

• The Great Mountains

What country colonized most of Central America

• Spain

• Portugal

• Great Britain

• France

• The Netherlands

This was the French sugar colony but the slaves rose up and created their own country. Since then it has mainly been run by dictators and is the poorest country in the Americas.

• Cuba

• The Bahamas

• Haiti

• Puerto Rico

• Jamaica

Factories used by US companies in Mexico to make cheap goods for the USA

• cartels

• maquiladoras

• favelas

• embargos

This holiday celebrates the Mexican victory over an invading French army

• Day of the Dead

• Cinco de Mayo

• Saturnalia

• Halloween

What country has a canal that lets ships skip going around all of South America

• Panama

• Honduras

• Guatemala

• Costa Rica

• Cuba